Hassan Musa Explained

Hassan Musa (born 1951 in El Nuhud, Sudan), is a Sudanese-born French contemporary painter. He is one of the Sudanese pioneers in contemporary art and zoomorphic calligraphy. Musa’s artwork is known to adapt, mix and combine diverse styles from contrasting parts of the world: his stylistic inspirations are rooted from European painting, Arabic calligraphy and Chinese watercolor. Musa’s paintings gather printed textiles which are utilized as canvas. Its theme habitually appropriates classical Western artworks to approach and challenge well-known figures such as Osama bin Laden, Che Guevara, Vincent van Gogh or Josephine Baker. One of the most well-known statements of the artist is “Images are like blows: we receive them, we give them back. We transmit violent things because that is the way we receive them. It's a way to survive, my images are my line of defense”. Musa here elaborates on how he uses his interpretation on western politics, culture and art to revive images present in the world through giving it back to the people.[1] [2]

Musa was born in 1951 in El Nuhud, Sudan. He lives in Domessargues, France.

Education

Musa earned a master's degree from the College of Fine and Applied Art at the Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, in 1976 and a doctorate in Fine Art and Art History from the University of Montpellier, France, in 1979.[3]

Work

Musa's large works are often executed using textile ink on printed textile,[4] creatively blending the designs of the fabric with his own paintings. In his art, which he does not consider as 'African', Musa often[5] appropriates[6] classical Western masterpieces, such as The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet[7] [8] or Olympia by Édouard Manet.[9] Confronting and mixing these classical images with later personalities such as Vincent van Gogh,[10] Josephine Baker,[11] Che Guevara[12] [13] or Osama bin Laden,[14] [15] Musa creates a critical view on Western art, politics and culture.[16] [17]

Furthermore, he has created mail art,[18] calligraphy,[19] engravings[20] and has illustrated books.[21]

Exhibitions

Alongside gallery exhibitions, Musa's works have been shown at:

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography. 2021-10-31. Hassan Musa Official. en-US.
  2. Web site: Musa. 2021-10-31. hassanmusa.com.
  3. Web site: Hassan Musa. Durban University of technology. Art for humanity. December 22, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110810112439/http://www.afh.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=235&Itemid=80. August 10, 2011. dead.
  4. Web site: Touya. Lucie. Koudedji . Thierry William. Je pars d'un principe très simple : les gens sont intelligents !. March 11, 2005. Africultures. fr. December 22, 2010.
  5. Book: Hassan. Salah. Oguibe. Olu. Allen. Siemon. Siemon Allen. Authentic, ex-centric: conceptualism in contemporary African art. 2001. Forum for African Arts. The critical appropriation of classical Western masterpieces is an ongoing theme in the art of Hassan Musa.
  6. News: Hassan. Salah. Giorgis. Elsab. Hassan Musa. Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. Spring–Summer 2001. December 23, 2010.
  7. News: Gillemon. Daniele. Hassan Musa brouille les pistes. Le Soir. March 19, 2008. December 23, 2010. fr.
  8. News: Lorent. Claude. Se défaire des clichés . La libre Belgique. March 12, 2008. fr. December 23, 2010.
  9. News: Faucon-Dumont. Eliane. July 18, 2009. Le Télégramme de Brest. Arts à la Pointe. Hassan Musa, un artiste engagé. December 23, 2010. fr.
  10. Web site: Busca. Joelle. L'histoire de l'art revisitée : Hassan Musa. Artexclu. December 23, 2010. fr.
  11. Web site: Crenn. Julie. Icône de la constellation Noire : Joséphine Baker. Africultures. fr. November 22, 2010. December 22, 2010.
  12. Web site: Touya . Lucie . Koudedji . Thierry William . Entretien avec le peintre soudanais Hassan Musa . November 6, 2008 . fr . Les Indigènes de la république . December 22, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127134435/http://www.indigenes-republique.fr/article.php3?id_article=205 . November 27, 2010.
  13. News: Burnet. Eliane. L'africain de service, des zoos humains aux biennales d'art contemporain. Ethiopiques. 2004. fr. December 23, 2010. March 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313023903/http://ethiopiques.refer.sn/spip.php?article117. dead.
  14. Web site: Touya. Lucie. Koudedji . Thierry William. Images sacrées, images politiques. fr. August 2005. Africultures. December 22, 2010.
  15. News: Humbert. Jean-Louis. Hassan Musa, Une urgence africaine. Exporevue. March 2008. fr. December 22, 2010.
  16. Book: Grewe , Cordula . Die Schau des Fremden: Ausstellungskonzepte zwischen Kunst, Kommerz und Wissenschaft. Franz Steiner Verlag. 2006. 978-3-515-08843-5. 39.
  17. Book: Africa remix: contemporary art of a continent. 2007. Jacana Media. 978-1-77009-363-8. Njami. Simon. Johannesburg, South Africa. 98. Durán. Lucy. Museum Kunst Palast (Düsseldorf, Germany). Johannesburg Art Gallery.
  18. News: 23 January 2019. Hassan Musa: the artist's stamp. Special Collections, SOAS Library. 18 August 2019.
  19. Web site: Hassan Musa Calligraphe. December 22, 2010. Sudplanète. fr.
  20. Web site: Africa remix. Centre Pompidou. December 23, 2010. fr.
  21. Web site: Hassan Musa . Emirates Airline Festival of literature 2011 . December 22, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110118035919/http://www.eaifl.com/Hassan_Musa . January 18, 2011.

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